Albert Roussel

Biography

Member of a family of the industrial middle-class tourquennoise, it makes his secondary studies with the free Institution of the Sacred Heart, then with the Collège Stanislas of Paris.

He made initially career in the navy before devoting entirely to the music starting from 1894: he studied with Eugene Gigout before entering in 1898 to the Schola Cantorum, founded with Paris in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d' Indy. He taught there the counterpoint between 1902 and 1914, cash among his pupils Erik Satie and Edgar Varèse. Very respected musician, influenced by Debussy and of Indy, it composed of the Mélodie S, four Symphonie S, of the Ballet S ( the Feast of the spider , Bacchus and ARIANE , Aeneas ), a Opéra-ballet Padmâvatî and a symphonic triptych with chorus Évocations , works inspired by his honeymoon in the Indies. He died in Royan of the continuations of an mild heart attack.

Works

List established according to the catalog of Damien Top, international Center Albert-Roussel.

Sacred music

Ave Maria for violin, viola, violoncello and organ (1892)
Wedding March for organ (1893)
parts of organ
motets
governed Psalm LXXX Quis Israel COp 37 for tenor, chorus and orchestra (1928)

Profane music

Instrumental music

guitar:

Ségovia op.29 (1925)

toothing-stone:

Impromptu op.21 (1919)

organ:

Symphonic Allegro (1899)

Prelude and Fughetta op.41 (1929)

piano:

Badinage

part of piano

slow Valse (1895)

Fugue (Ca 1898)

Of the hours passes… op.1 (1898)

Conte to the headstock (1904)

perpetual Petit Canon (1912)

Rustiques op.5 (1904/06)

Suite COp 14 (1909/10)

Sonatine COp 16 (1912)

Doute (1919)

the Reception of the Muses (1920

Prélude and Fugue op.46 (1932/34)

Three parts COp 49 (1933)

Chamber music

Imagination for violin and piano (1892)

Sonata for violin and piano (Ca 1901)

Quintet for string quartet and horn (Ca 1901)

Largo for violoncello and piano (?)

Trio in semi B major COp 2 for violin, violoncello and piano (1902)

Three short parts for violoncello and piano (1904)

Entertainment COp 6 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1906)

Sonata n°1 COp 11 for piano and violin (1907/08)

Two poems of Ronsard COp 26 for flute and soprano (1924)

Players of flute COp 27 for flute and piano (1924)

Sonata n°2 COp 28 for piano and violin (1924)

Serenade COp 30 for flute, violin, viola, violoncello and toothing-stone (1925)

Duet for bassoon and double bass or violoncello (1925)

Trio COp 40 for flute, viola and violoncello (1929)

String quartet COp 45 (1931/32)

Part for piccolo (pipeau) and piano (1934)

Andante and Scherzo COp 51 for flute and piano (1934)

Trio COp 58 for violin, viola and violoncello (1937)

Music for the radiophonic poem Elpénor COp 59 for flute and string quartet (1937)

Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (unfinished-1937)

Symphonic music

Resurrection op.4 (1903)

Grape harvest

Symphony n°1 " The Poem of Forêt" COp 7 (1904-1906)

Evocations COp 15 for tenor, baritone, contralto, mixed chorus and orchestra (1910/11)

For a Festival of spring COp 22 (1920)

Symphonie n°2 op.23 (1919-1921),

Suite in F COp 33 (1926)

Concert COp 34 for small orchestra (1926/27)

Petite Continuation op.39 (1929)

Symphonie n°3 op.42 (1929-1930)

Sinfonietta op.52 (1934)

Symphonie n° 4 op.53 (1934)

Flemish Rapsodie op.56 (1936)

Concerting music

Concerto for piano and orchestra op.36 (1927)

Concertino for violoncello and orchestra op.57 (1936)

Œuvres for orchestra of harmony

Fanfare for a pagan sacring (1921)

has Glorious Day op.48 (1932)

Lyric works

Melodies with piano:

the song of the Archer

the Dreams

waiting

Sadness with the Garden

Four Poems op.3 (1903): The Departure, Wish, the wet Garden, lyric Madrigal

Four Poems op.8 (1907): Good-byes, Invocation, Night of autumn, Odelette

Flames op.10 (1908)

Two Chinese Poems op.12 (1907/08): Ode with a young gentleman, In love separate

Two melodies op.19 (1918): Light, has Farewell

Two melodies COp 20 (1919): The Graduate of Salamanque, Saraband

anacreontic Odes COp 31 (1926): On itself. That it is necessary to drink. On an young girl

anacreontic Odes COp 32 (1926): On itself. On an young girl. On a dream

Two Chinese poems COp 35 (1927): Flowers make an embroidery. Answer of a wise wife

Singing exercise n°1 (1927)

O good wine, where did you grow? (1928)

Vocalize n°2 (1928)

Jazz in the night op.38 (1928)

has Flower given ro my daughter op.44 (1931)

Two Idylles op.44 (1931): Kérioklepte. Side liked Ekhô

Two poems Chinese COp 47 (1932): Favorite abandoned. See, beautiful girls

Two melodies op.50 (1933/34): The Hour of the return. Heart in danger

Two melodies op.55 (1935): Old charts, old hands. So sometimes you cry

melodies with flute:

Two Poems of Ronsard op.26 (1924): Nightingale, my nice. Sky, aer and vens

melody with violin and piano

Barcarolle (1895)

duet has cappella:

Duet for tenor and baritone

duet with piano

girls of Arles duet for soprano and mezzo

choruses has cappella :

Two Madrigaux (1897): The bell slowly tinkles on the hill. Not being able to give you neither sceptre nor crown

Madrigal to the Muses op.25 (1923)

Bardit of the Francs (1926)

voice and orchestra:

the Threat op.9 (1908)

Incidental music

the Sandman which passes, opus 13 (1908)

Prélude of the second act of July 14th (1936)

Ballets

Dance of the Bird Crowned (1909)

the Feast of the Spider, dramatic ballet op.17 (1912/13)

Saraband of the Range of Jeanne (1927)

Bacchus and ARIANE COp 43 (1930)

Aeneas op.54 (1935)

Operas

Némissa (unfinished-1892)

King Tobol (unfinished)

Padmâvatî, opera ballet op.18 (1913/18)

Birth of the Quadrant op.24 (1922/23)

the Will of aunt Caroline (1932/33)

Bold (unfinished) the

Broadcast parts

Elpénor op.59

film musics

Others

the international Center Albert-Roussel organizes demonstrations allowing the promotion of the type-setter.

the International festival Albert-Roussel is devoted each year mainly to the French music of the 20th century.

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